NATO admits it did not do enough to stop Putin's invasion

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the Alliance could have done more to prevent Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to him, providing Ukraine with weapons could have helped avoid a large-scale war.

He said this in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The Secretary General explained that fear of Moscow prevented NATO countries from taking these steps.

"Now we provide military equipment for war – then we could provide military equipment to prevent war," Stoltenberg said.

Stoltenberg noted that the Allies were hesitant to provide the weapons requested by Ukraine before the invasion because of fears of escalation of the conflict with Russia.

He also emphasized that the war can only be ended through negotiations.

"To end this war, at some point, we will have to re-engage in a dialog with Russia. But it should be based on Ukrainian strength," he added.

Earlier, the commander of the Finnish Defense Forces, General Janne Jaakkola, said that he did not rule out an escalation of the military conflict in Europe. In his opinion, the aggressor country Russia is not deterred from using military force. However, right now, Moscow does not pose a military threat to Finland.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that allowing the use of Western long-range weapons to strike Russian territory would "change the nature of the conflict" and would be seen as direct participation of NATO countries in the war in Ukraine. He threatened that this would provoke a "retaliatory reaction" from Moscow.

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